UPSC Mains GS Paper 3 Question Paper2024, Get General Studies Paper PDF

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The UPSC Mains examination is being conducted across India. Three papers have been successfully completed by the commission, and today, the fourth paper, UPSC Mains GS 3, was conducted in the morning shift. This paper is considered relatively scoring with less effort being required. Candidates should check this article to download the solutions PDF of every question that was asked in the exam. In this article you can find the link to download UPSC Mains GS Paper 3 Question Paper.

UPSC Mains GS 3 Question Paper 2024

As we discussed above that this paper is scorable with less efforts so it would not be a good practice to leave or give less importance to this paper which usually the candidates do. This paper encompasses topics from Environment, Internal Security, Economics, Disaster Management, Agriculture and Science and Technology, mostly questions are asked from the current events as most of these topics are dynamic in nature unlike topics like history and geography.

UPSC Mains GS 3 Model Answers

Now that you understand the importance of UPSC Mains GS 3 question paper, we are here providing candidates with the solution PDFs for every question which was asked in the exam, candidates can take help of these answers to construct their approach to gain maximum marks in further attempts of UPSC civil service examination.

Below these are UPSC Mains Question Paper with Answer for GS Paper 3.

UPSC Mains GS 3 Model Answer 2024 (10 marks question)
S.No.	Question	Answer
1.	trend of public expenditure on social services in the post-reforms perlöd in India To what extent this has been in consonance with achieving the objective of inclusive growth	To Be Updated Soon
2.	2. high food inflation in India Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of inflation.	To Be Updated Soon
3.	What were the factors responsible for the successful in some parts of the country? Elaborate.	To Be Updated Soon
4.	Explain the role of millets for ensuring health and nutritional security in India	To Be Updated Soon
5.	What is the present world scenario of intellectual property rights with respect to life materials? Although, India is second in the world to file patents, still only a few have been commercialized. Explain the reasons behind this less commercialization	To Be Updated Soon
6.	What is the technology being employed for electronic toll collection on highways? What are its advantages and limitations? What are the proposed changes that will make this process seamless? Would this transition carry any potential hazards	To Be Updated Soon
7.	Industrial pollution of river water is a significant environmental issue in India. Discuss the various mitigation measures to deal with this problem and also the government’s initiatives in this regard.	To Be Updated Soon
8.	What role do environmental NGOs and activists play in influencing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) outcomes for major projects in India? Cite Your examples with all important details.	To Be Updated Soon
9.	Explain how narco-terrorism has emerged as a serious threat across the country.	To Be Updated Soon
10.	Suggest suitable measures to counter narco-terrorism.	To Be Updated Soon

UPSC Mains GS 3 Model Answer 2024 (15 marks question)
S.No.	Question	Answer
1.	Discuss the merits and demerits of the four ‘Labour Codes’ in the context of labour market reforms in India. What has been the progress so far in this regard?	To Be Updated Soon
2.	What is the need expanding the regional air connectivity in India? In this context, discuss the government’s UDAN Scheme and its achievements	To Be Updated Soon
3.	What are the major challenges faced by Indian irrigation system in recent times? State the measures taken by the government for efficient irrigation management.	To Be Updated Soon
4.	Elucidate the importance of buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices, in India. What are the challenges associated with the storage of buffer stocks Discuss.	To Be Updated Soon
5.	The world is facing an acute shortage of clean and safe freshwater. What are the alternative technologies which can solve this crisis? Briefly discuss any three such technologies citing their key merits and demerits.	To Be Updated Soon
6.	What are asteroids How real is the threat of them causing extinction of life? What strategies have been developed to prevent such a catastrophe?	To Be Updated Soon
7.	What is disaster resilience? How is it determined? Describe various elements of a resilience framework. Also mention the global targets of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction	To Be Updated Soon
8.	Flooding in urban areas is an emerging climate-induced disaster. Discuss the causes of this disaster. Mention the features of two such major floods in the last two decades in India. Describe the policies and frameworks in India that aim at tackling such floods.	To Be Updated Soon
9.	India has a long and troubled border with China and Pakistan fraught with contentious issues. Examine the conflicting issues and security challenges along the border. Also give out the development being undertaken in these areas under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) and Border Infrastructure and Management (BIM) Scheme.	To Be Updated Soon
10.	Social media and encrypting messaging services pose a serious security challenge. What measures have been adopted at various levels implications of social media? Also suggest any other problem. to address the security remedies to address the	To Be Updated Soon

UPSC Mains GS 3 Question Paper PDF

Candidates who want to practice the exam questions independently can use the solutions to check their knowledge. You can find the UPSC Mains GS 3 question paper below.

Download UPSC GS 3 Paper 2024 PDF

How to Download UPSC GS 3 Question Paper 2024?

Here we have provided candidates with the steps to download the UPSC Mains GS 3 Question Paper 2024

Step 1: Visit the official UPSC website, upsc.gov.in.
Step 2: Click Home page and click on examination for UPSC Mains GS 3 Question Paper
Step 3: Click on the previous year’s questions
Step 4: Select Civil Services Exam from the dropdown
Step 5: Click on download
Step 6: Save the PDF for your reference.

UPSC Mains GS 3 paper 2024 difficulty level

Similar to GS 2 paper, UPSC Mains GS 3 is also scorable because the topics encompassed by this paper are easy to cover completely, based on the previous year analysis this year the paper was of similar nature. Aspirants can check the solutions mentioned above for better understanding of the difficult questions.

GS Paper 3 Mains Previous Year Papers 2023 – 2014

UPSC Main GS Paper 3 previous year questions PDF (2023-2014)
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